[GEM-dev] fonts: unicode & GLTT

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> hi all.
> 
> i have just finished a working version (at least here on linux) of the
> font objects which support rendering of non-ascii (and non-local!)

this should of course read "non-locale", e.g. characters that are not
accessible with the current language settings. (like umlauts on german
locale)

> characters.
> this basically allows each character found in a ttf-file to be rendered
> (at least up to character#65535), e.g. cyrillic, IPA, chinese,...
> 
> while doing so i have finally kicked out GLTT support.
> since this has been there only for legacy reasons, i don't think that
> this will break anything.
> however, before i check it in i would like to know whether there are any
> objections.
> 

i think this is a consensus and therefore i have checked the changes in.
unfortunately my G5 is currently offline so i cannot test it there.

fmga.sdr
IOhannes